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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Otra Banda in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on June 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.626S, -68.6285WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Otra Banda in Dominican Republic on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -68.6285° West, latitude 18.626° North, depth = 187 km. The temblor was detected at 03:27:12 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024158000. Id of event: pr2024158000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 03:27:12 / June 6, 2024 @ 3:27 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from San Pedro de Macorís (c. 217 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hato Mayor del Rey (c. 36 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Santa Cruz de El Seibo (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Valle, Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macorís (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.626° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 187 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km SE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-06 03:27:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-06 04:03:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.5255 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 343 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2024158000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024158000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024158000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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